Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Announcement Posting Number 1250

Today I celebrate the posting of number 1250 to the Buziaulane blog. It is a milestone as I have mailed a posting to the blog on 1250 consecutive days, almost 3 years and a quarter. It has become an obsessive routine. And after a talk with a good friend and business partner I have decided to kick the habit. Not by going cold turkey, but by slowing down the pace to an occasional posting, perhaps once or twice a week. The newly gained free time will be used amongst others to finish my book on the Pre-internet period of new media in the Netherlands and some other assignments. So it is not a goodbye, but do return regularly to Buziaulane.

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About Me

Jak Boumans (1945) is principal consultant with Electronic Media Reporting, a private consultancy specialised in content strategy, based in Almere (The Netherlands). In 1970 he started in the publishing industry with companies like VNU and Kluwer, particularly in general encyclopaedias. From 1980 he got involved in electronic publishing, running a videotex studio. In 1984 he launched a daily online newsletter for the computer industry from London. In 1987 he was part of the production team that produced the first Dutch subscription CD-ROM for Kluwer for lawyers.
In 1990 he started the private company Electronic Media Reporting, a consultancy specialised in content. He worked for international organisation ( European Commission, OESO), Dutch ministries, national organisations and companies.
He is secretary-general of the European Academy of Digital Media (EADiM) and board member of the multimedia competition World Summit Award (WSA).
He has written for national and international magazines. He was contributor, editor and editor-in-chief of Telecombrief (1981-2004). He wrote, contributed to and co-edited books. His last book in Dutch was on Pre-internet in de polder (1967-1997).